thanks for joining us this is a video about external otitis externa ear
infection
this is something that will happen on occasion with either bacteria or fungus
and valerie has been kind enough to let us make a video but we can't show her
face because she's shy so we need to look at what will see that it's a lot of
bacterial exit inside of the external ear canal and on the tympanic membrane
or the eardrum now you already tried treatment with just vinegar and that was
able to actually clean it up quite a bit compared to what it looked like when you
first came in yes there was a lot more material in the year especially on your
right here it's now when we look at your right here there's much less of that
good stuff you put it and the symptoms are that it's itchy and what else
little hard here and is that improved with Justin vinegar
yes it is ok so we're going to finish it off better we're actually going to step
up the game to using a type of antibiotic it's a little more expensive
not as expensive as that corticosterone you saw the most like sixty dollars
about half that my ex called flocks and it's a type of antibiotic that will work
on bacteria that's in the ear canal and we want to recheck it in just a few days
so given that this is a thursday monday would be you know earliest we can
actually check it and see that it's doing what it's supposed to
yeah if we're not getting good cleanup of this then we're going to have to
refer you to an ear nose and throat specialist I don't anticipate that based
on race looks like now really severe cases where there's a lot of swelling of
the ear canal which can happen with this will actually have to take sticking a
little wick of gauze to help the drops get in but yours is open enough and
clear enough that we can see all the way down to the tympanic membrane on the
left side and almost on the right side close enough that I think the drops will
do it so you can get significant
remember just a few days with this what you see there that white flaky materials
from the exit from the infection at right at the external meatus or the
opening to the year
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Valerie's otitis externa going to take a look in your right ear it is looking
yellow there's some yellow wax and there's still some white color and white
material in there but much improved over what it was
so we're going to keep using it for a full seven days
this one I can still see some evidence of it also on this side too and then we
like your dream it's not quite as nasty as the big bumps ahead before but it
still has material on it that we need to clear out and you're doing fine we don't
have to put in any kind of WIC to get the medicine in there I can see the
eardrums on both sides so we just need to keep doing it so i'm going to come in
this time so we can see that indeed is working for ya value get better we
probably won't have the last check on video but we will come from it
yes indeed it is clearing up and the medicine with the flocks and works your
kind of unique and that you've got the kind for the eyes for years because your
pharmacy didn't have it for the years but it works anyway the flocks and for
the
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externa or want to learn about this until next time this is what color dr.e
and dr. Marvin telling you stop smiling just a good girl